West Lothian Council's Chief Executive has hit back at claims on social media by a local MSP that extra Holyrood funding has not been spent on teachers.
On the day that the council's Education PDSP debated proposed cuts in teaching staff, Fiona Hyslop said on her social media that the council had only recruited 29 teachers by December, having been given an additional £5m by the Scottish Government last year.
The post prompted an angry response from West Lothian's Labour group which leads the minority-run council, as well from senior council officers.
